Taps

Product Announcement from Stanley Engineered Fastening - Spiralock

Multi-Purpose: Designed for a wide variety of low-hardness materials that generate long chips. The spiral point pushes chips ahead of the tap in a through hole, while the spiral flute design provides good chip removal from a blind hole. Necked blanks allow better access for lubrication. These taps can be used for hand tapping.

T10 Style Tap: Specialized geometry for short-chipping materials such as cast iron and hardened alloy steels. The straight flutes do not provide chip transport, so these taps should not be used on deep blind holes unless tap is extracted mid-way to evacuate chips. TiN coating adds durability and lubricity. The T-10 tap range is intended for use on CNC machining centers.

High speed steel

TiN coating

Minimal contact with workpiece

Available with plug or bottom chamfer

Cold Forming: Cold forming taps produce a thread by deforming material instead of removing it. The starting minor diameter is larger and must be held to a tighter tolerance than with standard taps to ensure the threads fill out properly. Forming taps are suitable for all ductile materials with an elongation value above 10%, such as aluminum, brass, copper, and mild steels. Lubrication with cutting oil is preferred.

Powdered metallurgy grade of high speed steel

Material flows without generating chips and makes threads stronger

Lower risk of breakage, particularly in small diameters

Plug and bottom chamfer

High Performance: An innovative line of cutting taps with cutting geometry tailored for cutting threads in traditionally difficult materials, including high nickel alloys and alloys of titanium. Every aspect of the tool is designed to provide good chip flow and to keep cutting edges sharp. Use of cutting oil for lubrication is essential.

Specially adjusted geometry reduces friction between the tool and workpiece

Intended for abrasive and high tensile strength materials

Powdered metallurgy grade of high speed steel

Dual layer PVD coating

Spiral point with plug chamfer, or spiral flute with bottom chamfer (sizes larger than #3 or M2.5)